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Wise Women Project: Robin Enright Salcido
Robin Enright Salcido, Age 61 What is your medium today? I'm a writer, photographer, and artist who explores with water color, acrylic, collage and fine art photography. I do not feel limited or a need to restrict myself to one thing though photography and writing are...
Wise Women Project: Amy Guion Clay
The 2021 Wise Women Project launches with interviews and portraits of four artists in Boulder County. The goal of the #WiseWomenProject is to recognize and spotlight women over 50 in our community. I want to recognize and give voice to the many ways these women are...
Wise Women Project: Artist Lisa Gakyo Schaewe
The 2021 Wise Women Project launches with interviews and portraits of four artists in Boulder County. The goal of the #WiseWomenProject is to recognize and spotlight women over 50 in our community. I want to recognize and give voice to the many ways these women are...
Dating After 50
Like many things in life, this view backwards makes me cringe. My neediness. The desire for avoidance. How I so quickly sought someone to save me instead of saving myself. On-line dating after my divorce in the spring of 2006 at the age of 47 was not immediately on my...
My Body Has Messages
I cannot say for certain, but I think the aging of a woman progresses from excitement and freedom, to bewilderment and horror, then acceptance and curiosity. Lying in bed next to my now husband a few years ago was the first time. The morning sun had our room...
Facing Mortality
When I think about my mortality and aging, I like to consider the life of trees. I've been a bit obsessed with my mortality lately because Rob and I have been working on our estate planning. I need to write about that. Some of you will not like this full-frontal piece...
Reading and Writing
Dear writers and readers, I have been reading nonstop since March. Nonfiction, fiction, poetry, essays, short stories, magazines, my kindle and the old-fashioned hard cover. I am slowly making my way through everything Ann Patchett has written--how did I miss her...
Looking Back on 2020
The two most comforting times of day for me exist in darkness. I had to stop and think what day it is when I began to write this. Yes, yes, I know Christmas was yesterday, but what day was that? It has felt like Sunday for a few days now. Most mornings I wake, turn on...
